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How to UPGRADE your character designs

This is a character design critique/attempted roast for ‪@chashuu0‬! I was specifically asked for help with in adding detail to the character. There are many different solutions to the same problem, so I just want to showcase my approach to it.
I hope these tips and tricks will help you improve your concept art.
00:00 Intro
00:32 Start Critique
01:11 Posing
03:01 Why add detail?
03:39 Finding Reference
06:06 Adding Accessories
06:41 Balancing Detail Distribution
08:06 Start Detailed Sketch
09:08 Big, Medium, Small
10:44 Drawing shoes
11:55 Not all Character Design has to tell a story
12:33 Cel shading
13:01 Coloring Shadows
14:07 Finished
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  • @CodesTheOtaku
    @CodesTheOtaku6 ай бұрын

    Roasting used to be a thing where a celebrity would be playfully mocked by peers, and it was all in good fun - even the person being roasted would have fun and laugh. Nowadays, “roast” is just a synonym for “insult”.

  • @vaporean_boylove.0w083

    @vaporean_boylove.0w083

    2 ай бұрын

    Yeah. Agree. At that point you have to listen and observe to catch what the vibe is to figure out if its freind fooling around or if this is just bullying.

  • @shortturtle7152

    @shortturtle7152

    Ай бұрын

    @@vaporean_boylove.0w083 you deserve to be bullied with a name + pfp like that.

  • @CantHandleThis6

    @CantHandleThis6

    Ай бұрын

    Roasting is still usually used in a playful context. If not it would literally just be a synomyn for insult. When you say youre going to roast someone there usually isnt intent to harmthe person just make them laugh and have fun.

  • @chashuu0
    @chashuu06 ай бұрын

    Imma roasted. Thanks for the crit!

  • @Furdly

    @Furdly

    6 ай бұрын

    Nice character man, love the concept for her :0. Will you be using this character for a webcomic you're making?

  • @chashuu0

    @chashuu0

    6 ай бұрын

    Thanks@@Furdly ! Yep, that's the plan, anyway 😄 I'll get to it eventually

  • @thatpizzaguy6840

    @thatpizzaguy6840

    6 ай бұрын

    where will you find this comic

  • @IamHattman

    @IamHattman

    6 ай бұрын

    If you roll with this setup for her actual character design, she's going to have a chronically sore right hip. Tools aren't light, and wearing a weight on one side all day hurts eventually. It's not the kind of thing that keeps you from doing stuff, it's just the sort of thing that bugs you at the end of the day when you take the tools off. If you wanna go to that level of characterization.

  • @LovingLyn

    @LovingLyn

    5 ай бұрын

    Great character! ❤️

  • @suu696
    @suu6966 ай бұрын

    That beginning immediately made me give the video a like and a sub So many art videos focus on the negative things and that "you're doing it wrong" but you brought up the positive things right at the start! Also your 3d model in pixel art is really cute

  • @Shayro

    @Shayro

    6 ай бұрын

    I think it's a really well-made 2D model, not 3D...

  • @suu696

    @suu696

    6 ай бұрын

    Oh yeah that's true, live2d gets me sometimes

  • @pizza_36

    @pizza_36

    6 ай бұрын

    It's a live2d vtuber model. Not 3d :)

  • @PainInhibitors
    @PainInhibitors6 ай бұрын

    Probably the first "tutorial" artist that i look forward to when they upload, great content 👍

  • @iqzario4animations203

    @iqzario4animations203

    6 ай бұрын

    Yeah, most of them are too cocky

  • @RmhGames
    @RmhGames6 ай бұрын

    When you said "subscribe and like and ring the bell it is not a suggestion do it now!" I felt intimidated and without thinking did all of that

  • @ChillingWithChu

    @ChillingWithChu

    4 ай бұрын

    But the most important word you left out, she also said "Draw" ♥

  • @duckii1703
    @duckii17036 ай бұрын

    Oh MY, this is exactly the kind of video I was looking for! Usually when I look for this stuff, it's usually just use reference and add clothing folds tysm

  • @shazani18
    @shazani186 ай бұрын

    I have never had so much lighting in a single video, you really gave excellent keys for character design

  • @MomoPrior
    @MomoPrior5 ай бұрын

    Oh my GODD your pixelart avatar looks AMAZING

  • @midorimodern_hochuumeret
    @midorimodern_hochuumeret5 ай бұрын

    Gonna be the one to ask about colored line-art video. I like to do colored lineart, but I tend to overcomplicate it, and I didn't exactly catched that 'easy way of doing it' that you showed, but looking forward to!

  • @IamHattman
    @IamHattman6 ай бұрын

    The amount of time I've spent looking for all this advice in tutorials is wild. Thanks for doing this roast. Turns out its also a tutorial on how to embellish visual design.

  • @mimthyss
    @mimthyss6 ай бұрын

    This was a really helpful video! I loved the way you talked through your process and explained things, and the comparisons like with the detailed & rest space vs no rest space were super useful to instantly see what a difference it makes. ❤

  • @lofkii
    @lofkii6 ай бұрын

    I wonder if some webtoon artists are scared to add too much detail to their characters because they'll be redrawn so much

  • @skye387

    @skye387

    6 ай бұрын

    It's possible considering that a lot of accessories like ribbons and such look like it's stickers instead of being drawn. Something more specific that has to be personally drawn is probably being minimalised since they have time limit and everything has to be coloured.

  • @TeabagsOnToast
    @TeabagsOnToast6 ай бұрын

    NEW PIKAT VIDEO LETS GO BABY

  • @ReblazeGaming
    @ReblazeGaming6 ай бұрын

    Finally Pikat making character design content, I need more!

  • @syluct_ds
    @syluct_ds6 ай бұрын

    great video! more of this type of content please 🙏

  • @brunofrossard1148
    @brunofrossard11486 ай бұрын

    pikat your youtube videos cure my depression u are the best

  • @cerustial6918
    @cerustial69186 ай бұрын

    It'd be pretty cool if when the character welds or works using the goggles, that the cowl she uses is pulled over her face as a way to avoid inhailing toxic fumes. and the cowl can be something like a face shield she uses to block sparks and heat. It would be cool if it were colored to look like it was made of leather cuz leather is used when welding as a barrier. Small suggestions my brain soup was cooking don't have to take it seriously. (-w-)

  • @arriettyal5126
    @arriettyal51266 ай бұрын

    Wow this was actually very useful! I’m subscribing

  • @OtherKirby
    @OtherKirby5 ай бұрын

    I enjoy your approach and the fact that you hit that sweet spot between tutorial and casual conversation sharing your thoughts and process. =]

  • @victoriac7729
    @victoriac77296 ай бұрын

    RAAH ARTSTYLE YUMMY OMNOMNOM GRRRBAHAHABBBBRGRGRRR

  • @shortstop-wt7bs

    @shortstop-wt7bs

    6 ай бұрын

    Ey save some for the rest of us

  • @teutdytSorcerer
    @teutdytSorcerer12 күн бұрын

    The start of the video😂😂😂 I love you.

  • @chrone_co
    @chrone_co6 ай бұрын

    Bro becoming fulltime youtuber 😭😭😭

  • @JoelTheParrot
    @JoelTheParrotАй бұрын

    4:25 Imagine being the person who posed for this picture and somehow learning about the fact that someone saw this and sensed post-apocalyptic vibes lol that would be so funny seeing the amount of references used definitely makes me feel a bit more confident in my own work, i just need to spare some time in my drawing process to find references as well lol 13:12 That's more Azure... And also you mention that it's based off of the sky and actually I've seen that in action, but also the sky is usually Azure so?

  • @fep1023
    @fep10236 ай бұрын

    Lots of great tips here, thanks!

  • @darkexe204
    @darkexe2045 ай бұрын

    Honestly this helped a lot especially when it comes to adding detail and shading👍

  • @randomtatertot3085
    @randomtatertot30856 ай бұрын

    New to your channel and I'm loving all the videos. Gonna try and use the tips for my own art ngl. Great content, keep going I'm excited to see more

  • @strangerinadarkalley
    @strangerinadarkalley5 ай бұрын

    I love this video. Your advice seems so genuine and is really helpful. The character comes out looking absolutely amazing. Thank you

  • @tili__ayala
    @tili__ayala6 ай бұрын

    I loved this video so much!! Your work is great ^^

  • @KAZUUUUMOM
    @KAZUUUUMOM5 ай бұрын

    This is informative and fun to watch, would like to see more of this vid ♥️

  • @nataliyabyk1396
    @nataliyabyk13963 күн бұрын

    Ngl this stuff is way to advanced for me to be watching in my art journey but it’s still fun to watcg

  • @starhalv2427
    @starhalv24276 ай бұрын

    I love pixel art, it's nice to see some vtubers use that style

  • @user-uz2hu2hg1q
    @user-uz2hu2hg1q6 ай бұрын

    Details for the details god! Complicity for the complicity throne!

  • @pizza_36
    @pizza_366 ай бұрын

    6:58 the one you said is ok feels more cluttered

  • @sheppin_
    @sheppin_6 ай бұрын

    Damn, with that personality... I think you are quickly becoming one of my favorite art content creators. Its seriously refreshing to see someone who isnt just mean and insilting :)

  • @Antonioinho
    @Antonioinho5 ай бұрын

    Amazing video. Please do more, it will help me a lot, Im learning character design.

  • @christianiliev3493
    @christianiliev34936 ай бұрын

    i want to see pikat s reaction to my super deform proportions lmao

  • @christianiliev3493

    @christianiliev3493

    6 ай бұрын

    I hope these roasts are not a vip thing. Tgat would ruin my plans lol

  • @wegotguns3325

    @wegotguns3325

    5 ай бұрын

    How do we submit our monstrosities for review xD @@christianiliev3493

  • @adam7280
    @adam72804 ай бұрын

    on the coloured shadows at 13:00 , i think the grey shading worked quite well. since she's a mechanic, its reasonable to say she would be surrounded by a lot of grey at any given moment, so a grey shadow works to show that off. the grey also kinda gives it a kinda industrial, darker look as opposed to the brighter look of the coloured shadows, which ig in that case it comes down to preference but what im tryna say is a lot of people think grey shadows never work but its false! grey shadows can work super well in certain situations!

  • @beanceline
    @beanceline5 ай бұрын

    super helpful video!! my only nitpick is the dark coloring of the tool belt and the pants in the final design. they are so similar in value that i can barely tell them apart so the details of the belt get lost in the pants a little

  • @deadpan2866
    @deadpan28666 ай бұрын

    watching this live was pog

  • @chkensammich
    @chkensammich6 ай бұрын

    what do you think is a good resource on learning how to draw clothing specifically

  • @lucieth555
    @lucieth55519 күн бұрын

    big medium small is just natural fractals, wild.

  • @Alyslay_jc
    @Alyslay_jc6 ай бұрын

    Yo this is actually an underrated art channel 😮😮

  • @Silver011PT
    @Silver011PT6 күн бұрын

    Im still making concept art for cyberpunk characters so im interested since the theme for this character is close

  • @skullknight4579
    @skullknight45795 ай бұрын

    At art school we used to call it a “crit “

  • @CushionSapp
    @CushionSapp6 ай бұрын

    Hopefully you do another one of these sorts of vids.

  • @DehToadKing
    @DehToadKing5 ай бұрын

    I absolutely love Freya's design

  • @TajaianHaisnt
    @TajaianHaisnt3 ай бұрын

    5:15 5:18 this reminds me of the song bohemian rhapsody 😭

  • @pizza_36
    @pizza_366 ай бұрын

    Remember that everything depends on the character! You may want to hide who they are!

  • @liljatupsu

    @liljatupsu

    5 ай бұрын

    Even better if you can _both_ make them mysterious and still sneak in some things that don't give it away but make sense for who the character is in context. Like they tried to disguise their identity but still defaulted to something without thinking because that's just how they are

  • @MakDivision
    @MakDivision2 ай бұрын

    Ethan becker mentioned, like given

  • @artbyLutz
    @artbyLutz5 ай бұрын

    hi there i really like your video and i learned a lot. hope to see more of these kinds of video. also what program did you use for your image board? i am really interested in it

  • @JoshuHigashikata-NKC
    @JoshuHigashikata-NKC6 ай бұрын

    Yo this is epic! I can’t believe Maki got roasted just like that too! 😊

  • @BreathWeapon
    @BreathWeapon6 ай бұрын

    That's a sweet Vtuber, the 3D pixel art looks sweet!

  • @KlassAnimated
    @KlassAnimated6 ай бұрын

    holy just discovered your channel. My new favorite. Subbed!! Also who made your vtuber?!

  • @Dokoma
    @Dokoma6 ай бұрын

    Nice video, strangely enough i watched through it.

  • @DigiLady926
    @DigiLady9266 ай бұрын

    I understand about the posing, but it seems like a basic character sheet. Wouldn't you want a neutral pose to easily read the character then leave the poses expressing personality to an expression sheet or something similar?

  • @chashuu0

    @chashuu0

    6 ай бұрын

    Ah yes, she actually did talk about this on the livestream, I just cut that part out in the edit. Here, she's specifically talking about posing in an initial concept sketch for a character, and not the character sheets or turnarounds for later reference.

  • @DigiLady926

    @DigiLady926

    6 ай бұрын

    @@chashuu0 Ah, okay XD Thank you for the reply. It does help quite a bit. I'm still learning and this kind of stuff always worries me.

  • @zeta4334
    @zeta43345 ай бұрын

    Your vtuber model is awesome I love it so much

  • @mactan_sc
    @mactan_sc6 ай бұрын

    cool stuff

  • @matlevesque8944
    @matlevesque89446 ай бұрын

    Poor* character with a supreme shirt is a reality check cause i can't afford that 😅

  • @vitorcampos3427
    @vitorcampos34272 ай бұрын

    🤩

  • @postman6553
    @postman65536 ай бұрын

    NIce! Good vid!

  • @trasher534
    @trasher5346 ай бұрын

    pikat is so cool

  • @Frog12349
    @Frog123494 ай бұрын

    Taking notes 📝

  • @Saji_0
    @Saji_05 ай бұрын

    omg, omg, you're so UNDERRATED. you understand much more character design philosophy more than a certain gacha company, HOLY SH!T, ITS INSANE. (I'm not talking about hoyo) SUBSCRIBED

  • @pawz212
    @pawz2126 ай бұрын

    the almighty pureref

  • @IchBinGeistlos
    @IchBinGeistlos5 ай бұрын

    I like that VTuber model, pixel art is amazing.

  • @shi_no_kurai_kage
    @shi_no_kurai_kage6 ай бұрын

    I gave all my characters hoodies and I wanted to use another clothes as I ran out of colour pallets oh and I gave the only Japanese delinquent I made a school uniform (I need to use more clothes)

  • @pieperson444
    @pieperson4446 ай бұрын

    damn genshin took a stray, i personally think the character design from the 2 latest regions (the ones with actually good stories) have top tier character design that tell you even more about the character than the dialogue and comment far into history, religion, and culture

  • @isuckatusernames4297
    @isuckatusernames42974 ай бұрын

    can we have a similar video but for robotic characters ? like for designing transformers in general ?

  • @adnagapot
    @adnagapot5 ай бұрын

    One thing I'm thinking is that she could have extra details, like a welding hood or extra gloves, but only when she needs them, and not wearing them when she isn't using them

  • @contagiousstorm
    @contagiousstorm5 ай бұрын

    7:40 "A good example of really detailed designs without looking cluttered is Final Fantasy 14" Me actively playing FFXIV while watching this video: :O

  • @bladerdj3503
    @bladerdj35035 ай бұрын

    Details~

  • @nope6021
    @nope60215 ай бұрын

    Look, I know the hoodie says Supreme... but my own mind keeps editing it to "Soup" each time I look back at that detail.

  • @Motusification
    @Motusification6 ай бұрын

    Yua Serefu clip ! Good Job!-ko chashuu0.

  • @Brandon999LFC
    @Brandon999LFC6 ай бұрын

    pretty good

  • @eZeero
    @eZeero5 ай бұрын

    I do not know how nor want to roast mine though. Oh wait never mind, it's not something I drew exactly... I think the only thing would be about her "chest size".

  • @pietroalessandrini
    @pietroalessandrini4 ай бұрын

    Now that I think about it genshin inoact character disegns don't tell any story because they are all supposed to be interchangable in order to sell more. Interesting

  • @doombat04
    @doombat045 ай бұрын

    Pikat

  • @daniplaysdrums8678
    @daniplaysdrums86786 ай бұрын

    Can someone please explain how she did the line art color change at @13:48? Something about setting layer to color and grouping and multiply?

  • @roberthsucre9837

    @roberthsucre9837

    6 ай бұрын

    I want to know as well, so gonna spam myself here to get a notification.

  • @Takukou

    @Takukou

    6 ай бұрын

    she mentioned it once on stream but I haven't try it out myself, goes smth like this: 1. duplicate your colors to a single layer 2. adjust the hue and saturation (or curves) of that to something else (darker usually) 3. gaussian blur to the layer 4. clip to line art

  • @bayas1302
    @bayas13026 ай бұрын

    The roasting started with Angel. He really was harsh with people's drawings, but he still gave good tips. New roasting videos are just insulting

  • @MALICEM12
    @MALICEM123 ай бұрын

    >shes from a newr future sci-fi You don't say? The urban punk "drip" look is sci-fi? Noooo Also nice waki on your character art, Pikat! Your avatar definitely looks like a stinky nerd and it's adorable Also tinker sci-fi goggles are super cliche and it was kinda funny that youu didn't know what tools look like

  • @Inhaledcorn
    @Inhaledcorn6 ай бұрын

    Me, an FFXIV player: Why am I getting recommended this? Me at 7:50: Ooooooooh.

  • @kaizin5585
    @kaizin55856 ай бұрын

    please elaborate on coloring lineart lmaoooooo

  • @itself6529
    @itself65296 ай бұрын

    Wonder if this stuff will work for creature designs

  • @ninjakateka
    @ninjakateka6 ай бұрын

    What tool is that she uses for the references? I. NEED. IT.

  • @niklogus9426

    @niklogus9426

    5 ай бұрын

    Pureref

  • @BlancS.C.
    @BlancS.C.Ай бұрын

    4:05 IS THAT IBIS PAINT

  • @cascade188

    @cascade188

    Ай бұрын

    it’s ms paint

  • @Starmonger26
    @Starmonger264 ай бұрын

    How often do you do these character critiques/upgrades? 👑🤔

  • @thepopo592
    @thepopo5926 ай бұрын

    Noooooo shes gone to the dark side 😭

  • @FlamingFoxProd
    @FlamingFoxProd5 ай бұрын

    1:15 "Not the most interesting, doesn't have the most personality" I think that's because... it's not *supposed to?* That... isn't the point of a model sheet. A simple character model sheet/turnaround like that is made for getting the design and proportions of your character down. It's to say "Hey, this is what the character looks like by default". It is NOT meant to have any kind of expressive posing because that would completely defeat its entire purpose. If I was using that image as reference for a drawing or especially for a model of that character, I would want the pose to be as simple and clear as possible, because that gives me all of the details I need for the character, and it's up to *me* to add the posing. If the model sheet had some kind of pose, it makes it harder to read and get the details right, and would be a pain to work with. That's not to say *everything* in the sheet should be simple and default - there SHOULD be extra poses that *do* show off the character's personality ( y'know, like the one that's *already there on the left* ). And the poses that you added would be great *additional* poses to go *alongside* the turnaround that's already there. But if a client went to me with just that as my reference instead of an actual turnaround, that would just be way more inconvenient than if I just had a model sheet to go off of. That said, I think the rest of the video and the advice you give is great. You make cool stuff! I just had a gripe with that one bit of advice due to my 3D modeling background.

  • @Puvuk_UA
    @Puvuk_UA6 ай бұрын

    Question: how did she add a picture following her mouse?

  • @whataaryadoin
    @whataaryadoin6 ай бұрын

    LESSSGAURRRRR

  • @itself6529
    @itself65296 ай бұрын

    aw yeah... its designing time...

  • @alexmiller8177
    @alexmiller81776 ай бұрын

    I can help you edit!

  • @Daria-Morgendorffer
    @Daria-Morgendorffer4 ай бұрын

    can someone explain what she was doing to colour the lineart? got confused

  • @DelBunny19
    @DelBunny196 ай бұрын

    HOW DID U DO THE COLORED LINEART YOU WIZARD???

  • @herscarletsalem
    @herscarletsalem6 ай бұрын

    How do you get that hand cursor when you draw? I've been trying to figure out how for ages.

  • @NaturalKid097
    @NaturalKid0975 ай бұрын

    The only vtuber that I can look at and not cringe

  • @wulphsbane9126
    @wulphsbane91266 ай бұрын

    what art app do you use?

  • @JADEN_THE_ONE
    @JADEN_THE_ONE6 ай бұрын

    Do u do pixel art too ?

  • @dante-1t
    @dante-1t5 ай бұрын

    So does she has a discord server or?

  • @LuluZia2
    @LuluZia26 ай бұрын

    Nah fudge all that makem detailed draw everyday